After accompanying the students to a field trip last week, I caught something bad. And for several days already, I’ve been down with cold and fever. My nose is already red, swollen and painful because of constant wiping. Worse, I can’t even get close to my son because I’m afraid of passing whatever it is that I got to him. I mean, he’s already suffering from some cold virus too so I don’t want to complicate things any further.

But you know what? Just when you think things couldn’t get any worse, plumbing decided to add more complication. And not an ordinary complication at that. It wasn’t something you can solve by spring plungers or gasket replacements. Our main line outside the house sprung a leak – a major one too. It was so bad that we had to call the subdivision’s water supplier to address the problem. It took more than a day to fix the pipeline but thank God it’s done. After fixing the pipes and some inspection, the plumbers even recommended a major renovation to address possible problems that might arise in the future because of the old lines.

I told them no. Until my nose and head clears up, I don’t want to hear about any plumbing problems again.